Great Books on the Screen
It is not easy to adapt a literary work into film, but sometimes the motion
picture makes true justice to the original written work. Through this cycle,
Instituto Cervantes invites movie-goers to enjoy four great books on screen.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free Admission
Últimas tardes con Teresa
Director Gonzalo Herralde
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 1984
Cast:
Maribel Martín, Ángel Alcázar
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 14
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Two distant worlds, of the rich and the poor are related through two
characters; Manolo Reyes, vulgar thief of motorcycles who aspires to leave
the hard life, and Teresa Serrat, university student of the upper-class who
is seduced by the revolutionary cause.
La colmena
Directed by Mario Camus
Duration: 114 min.
Production: España, 1982
Cast: Victoria Abril, Ana Belén, José Bódalo, José Luis López
Vázquez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 21
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Based on the novel of the same title by Camilo José Cela, *La Colmena* is a
heartrending compilation of stories of people in the Madrid of 1942, just
after the Spanish Civil War. The main theme of the film is the contrast
between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and
the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy
money with illegal business. The film received the Golden Bear in the Berlin
Film Festival.
El método
Directed by Marcelo Pyñeiro
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Eduard Fernández, Eduardo Noriega, Natalia Verbeke,
Carmelo Gómez, Ernesto Alterio, Adriana Ozores
For Adults Only
Date: April 21
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Seven candidates compete for an executive position at a multinational
company. Candidates are assembled to be put through the final selection
process for a single high-level position at a multinational corporation.
From the outset, there is a palpably tense, competitive atmosphere among the
group. Feelings of distrust increase when they realize they are aspiring for
the same position. They find themselves pitted against one another in a
contest that elicits fear, suspicion, paranoia and betrayal.
Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Directed by Francisco Lombardi
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2000
Cast: Angie Cepeda, Salvador del Solar, Pilar Bardem
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
The Peruvian army captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a very serious and efficient
officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of
'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote
jungle outposts. At first unhappy about this assignment, he nonetheless puts
his remarkable organizational skills in action and in a short time has his
'unit' running smoothly. In the home front things get complicated though;
his wife dislikes his long hours and the secrecy surrounding his work.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita
Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
http://manila.cervantes.es
Showing posts with label Spanish Films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish Films. Show all posts
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Instituto Cervantes film screenings
In the last few years, cinema done by Spanish women has grown notably, following a general trend in Spanish society. This cycle shows the work produced by five young Spanish female directors.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
Te doy mis ojos
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Duration: 103 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast:
Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa María Sardá, Kity Manver, Sergi Calleja
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
For Adults Only
Catch the movie that swept the Goya Awards (Spain's equivalent of the Oscars) of 2004! An award-winning tale of domestic abuse. Pilar is a terrified housewife on the run from husband Antonio and his regular outbursts of violent rage. Taking refuge with her sister Ana, she tries to build a new life - but she's still in love with the man who beat her. Te doy mis ojos is a powerful and moving look at the image of spousal abuse. Director and co-screenwriter Icíar Bollaín’s approach to the subject is excellent, giving it the respect and importance that it deserves.
El tren de la memoria
Directed by Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez
Duration: 80 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Spain, 1960´s. Two million Spaniards leave the country forced by need. Destination: France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Half of them are illegal immigrants who travel without a contract of employment. 80% of them are illiterate. They have to face the wall of different languages and habits. Spain, at present: other people in need knock on the doors of a prosperous nation. Almost nobody remembers the story. Josefina does. She keeps memory alive by her travel in the memory train. Destination: Nuremberg, Germany.
Cosas que nunca te dije
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Duration: 93 min.
Production: España, 1996
Cast:
Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar, Alexis Arquette, Leslie Mann, Richard Edson
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Ann, a saleslady of a photography shop has moved to an unfamiliar city because she wants to be near her boyfriend Bob. One day he calls her to suddenly break-up with her. Ann, who is devastated, searches for a hotline desperate people and meets Don, a volunteer who sells houses and seems unable to understand her problems.
El alquimista impaciente
Directed by Patricia Ferreira
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2002
Cast:
Ingrid Rubio, Roberto Enríquez, Chete Lera, Adriana Ozores, Miguel Ángel Solá
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
A cadaver of a man is found naked and tied to a bed in a drive-by motel. Vila, a disillusioned psychologist-turned-cop, accompanied by his female partner Chamorro, receives orders to investigate the death. They discover that he is a nuclear plant worker and head off to interview the victim’s his co-workers and wife. They found that he led a normal family life with young children and discovered that nobody seemed suspicious. The case is closed fairly quickly and ruled as an accident. It is re-opened however when the detectives discover the body of a woman who had been partially devoured by wolves and is believed to be connected to the man’s murder.
El cielo gira
Directed by Mercedes Alvarez
Duration: 115 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 31
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
This film tells of one year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain depicting the ordinary lives of the elderly residents. This is first feature film documentary by Mercedes Alvarez, a promising Spanish female director who happens to have been born in the village where the picture is shot.
Opening Film at the 17th International Women Film Festival
Sévigné
Date: March 5
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Free entrance
In Spanish with English subtitles
As the opening of the 17th International Women Film Festival, UP Film Institute and Instituto Cervantes are proud to premiere in the Philippines the Spanish film Sévigné.
The life of Júlia Berkowitz, a prestigious theatrical director living in Barcelona, takes an unexpected turn when she decides to stage a theatre play on Madam of Sévigné. Júlia discovers that she must choose between her husband —a respected and influential theatrical critic— her lover— the attractive producer of Public Theater— and Marina, the unforeseeable female author of the play on Madam of Sévigné.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
Te doy mis ojos
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Duration: 103 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast:
Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa María Sardá, Kity Manver, Sergi Calleja
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
For Adults Only
Catch the movie that swept the Goya Awards (Spain's equivalent of the Oscars) of 2004! An award-winning tale of domestic abuse. Pilar is a terrified housewife on the run from husband Antonio and his regular outbursts of violent rage. Taking refuge with her sister Ana, she tries to build a new life - but she's still in love with the man who beat her. Te doy mis ojos is a powerful and moving look at the image of spousal abuse. Director and co-screenwriter Icíar Bollaín’s approach to the subject is excellent, giving it the respect and importance that it deserves.
El tren de la memoria
Directed by Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez
Duration: 80 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Spain, 1960´s. Two million Spaniards leave the country forced by need. Destination: France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Half of them are illegal immigrants who travel without a contract of employment. 80% of them are illiterate. They have to face the wall of different languages and habits. Spain, at present: other people in need knock on the doors of a prosperous nation. Almost nobody remembers the story. Josefina does. She keeps memory alive by her travel in the memory train. Destination: Nuremberg, Germany.
Cosas que nunca te dije
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Duration: 93 min.
Production: España, 1996
Cast:
Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar, Alexis Arquette, Leslie Mann, Richard Edson
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Ann, a saleslady of a photography shop has moved to an unfamiliar city because she wants to be near her boyfriend Bob. One day he calls her to suddenly break-up with her. Ann, who is devastated, searches for a hotline desperate people and meets Don, a volunteer who sells houses and seems unable to understand her problems.
El alquimista impaciente
Directed by Patricia Ferreira
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2002
Cast:
Ingrid Rubio, Roberto Enríquez, Chete Lera, Adriana Ozores, Miguel Ángel Solá
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
A cadaver of a man is found naked and tied to a bed in a drive-by motel. Vila, a disillusioned psychologist-turned-cop, accompanied by his female partner Chamorro, receives orders to investigate the death. They discover that he is a nuclear plant worker and head off to interview the victim’s his co-workers and wife. They found that he led a normal family life with young children and discovered that nobody seemed suspicious. The case is closed fairly quickly and ruled as an accident. It is re-opened however when the detectives discover the body of a woman who had been partially devoured by wolves and is believed to be connected to the man’s murder.
El cielo gira
Directed by Mercedes Alvarez
Duration: 115 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 31
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
This film tells of one year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain depicting the ordinary lives of the elderly residents. This is first feature film documentary by Mercedes Alvarez, a promising Spanish female director who happens to have been born in the village where the picture is shot.
Opening Film at the 17th International Women Film Festival
Sévigné
Date: March 5
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Free entrance
In Spanish with English subtitles
As the opening of the 17th International Women Film Festival, UP Film Institute and Instituto Cervantes are proud to premiere in the Philippines the Spanish film Sévigné.
The life of Júlia Berkowitz, a prestigious theatrical director living in Barcelona, takes an unexpected turn when she decides to stage a theatre play on Madam of Sévigné. Júlia discovers that she must choose between her husband —a respected and influential theatrical critic— her lover— the attractive producer of Public Theater— and Marina, the unforeseeable female author of the play on Madam of Sévigné.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES: Ciclo AMOR
Comedies, dramas, passions, jealousy, indifference... Love and its multiple faces and expressions. Instituto Cervantes of Manila presents this February a cycle of four movies featuring different levels of love portrayed by several Spanish and Latin-American directors.
With the collaboration of Filmoteca MAE
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free entrance
Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Duration: 103 min
Production: Francia, 1977
Cast:
Fernando Rey, Ángela Molina, Carole Bouquet, Julien Bertheau
In French with English subtitles
Date: February 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
Recounted in flashback to a group of railway travellers, the story wryly
details the romantic perils of Mathieu, a wealthy, middle-aged French
sophisticate who falls desperately in love with his 19-year-old former
chambermaid Conchita. Thus begins a surreal game of sexual cat-and-mouse,
with Mathieu obsessively attempting to win the girl's affections as she
manipulates his carnal desires, each vying to gain absolute control of the
other.
Secretos del corazón
Directed by M. Armendáriz
Duration: 101 min
Production: España, 1997
Cast:
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia Munt, Vicky Peña, Andoni Erburu
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
A young boy's fascination with the deaths of several people close to him
sparks his growth from boyhood in this Spanish drama. The story takes place
during a vacation to the hometown of nine-year-old Javi and his brother
Juan's rural farming village in the early 1960s. Their father, they are
told, accidentally killed himself while cleaning his gun, and the room where
the death occurred has been declared off limits to the boys. *Secretos del
corazón* was the winner of four Goya Awards, as well as an Oscar nominee for
Best Foreign Language Film.
La virgen de la lujuria
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Duration: 151 min
Production: México, 2002
Cast:
Ariadna Gil, Luis Felipe Tovar, Juan Diego, Julián Pastor, Patricia Reyes
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
Mexican director Arturo Ripstein's incredibly lush melodrama *The Virgin of
Lust* makes an ironic statement about a fundamental delusion in the hopes of
Communists to lift up the masses. Set mostly in a café in Vera Cruz, the
film centers upon Nacho (Luis Felipe Tovar), an unambitious worker who one
fateful night finds Lola, a mysterious and promiscuous political radical who
lives so far on the edge that she always seems on the threat of
self-destruction. Nacho, who is hopelessly attracted to her but too afraid
to act upon his impulses, takes her in, and soon the two find themselves in
a masochistic relationship.
En la ciudad
Directed by Cesc Gay
Duration: 110 min
Production: España, 2003
Cast:
Mónica López, Eduard Fernández, Leonor Watling, María Pujalte, Alex
Brendemühl, Vicenta N'Dongo, Chisco Amado
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
A movie depicting a sincere portrait of urban life in Barcelona. The story
moves around six friends whose sentimental lives are masked with hidden
relationships, fear in expressing sentiments, secrets and lies. Mario is a
serious architect married to Sara who keeps a secretive romance with a
colleague. Mario suspects it, but does not dare to speak about it. Irene and
Manu, on the other hand, seem to be a happy couple, but the truth is that
Irene is like a turtle succumbed in its shell and hides her feelings. Sofía
lives alone who fantasizes realities out of her dreams. And finally, Tomás
who also keeps a secret of a passionate adventure with a young girl. The
film boasts of a magnificent script and great performances by its actors
like Eduard Fernández who won two Best Supporting Actor Awards in Goya (the
Spanish Oscars) and in Spanish Actors Union. But the real standout here is
María Pujalte, as a sensitive woman addicted to romance.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita. Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
With the collaboration of Filmoteca MAE
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free entrance
Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Duration: 103 min
Production: Francia, 1977
Cast:
Fernando Rey, Ángela Molina, Carole Bouquet, Julien Bertheau
In French with English subtitles
Date: February 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
Recounted in flashback to a group of railway travellers, the story wryly
details the romantic perils of Mathieu, a wealthy, middle-aged French
sophisticate who falls desperately in love with his 19-year-old former
chambermaid Conchita. Thus begins a surreal game of sexual cat-and-mouse,
with Mathieu obsessively attempting to win the girl's affections as she
manipulates his carnal desires, each vying to gain absolute control of the
other.
Secretos del corazón
Directed by M. Armendáriz
Duration: 101 min
Production: España, 1997
Cast:
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Silvia Munt, Vicky Peña, Andoni Erburu
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
A young boy's fascination with the deaths of several people close to him
sparks his growth from boyhood in this Spanish drama. The story takes place
during a vacation to the hometown of nine-year-old Javi and his brother
Juan's rural farming village in the early 1960s. Their father, they are
told, accidentally killed himself while cleaning his gun, and the room where
the death occurred has been declared off limits to the boys. *Secretos del
corazón* was the winner of four Goya Awards, as well as an Oscar nominee for
Best Foreign Language Film.
La virgen de la lujuria
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Duration: 151 min
Production: México, 2002
Cast:
Ariadna Gil, Luis Felipe Tovar, Juan Diego, Julián Pastor, Patricia Reyes
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
Mexican director Arturo Ripstein's incredibly lush melodrama *The Virgin of
Lust* makes an ironic statement about a fundamental delusion in the hopes of
Communists to lift up the masses. Set mostly in a café in Vera Cruz, the
film centers upon Nacho (Luis Felipe Tovar), an unambitious worker who one
fateful night finds Lola, a mysterious and promiscuous political radical who
lives so far on the edge that she always seems on the threat of
self-destruction. Nacho, who is hopelessly attracted to her but too afraid
to act upon his impulses, takes her in, and soon the two find themselves in
a masochistic relationship.
En la ciudad
Directed by Cesc Gay
Duration: 110 min
Production: España, 2003
Cast:
Mónica López, Eduard Fernández, Leonor Watling, María Pujalte, Alex
Brendemühl, Vicenta N'Dongo, Chisco Amado
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: February 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
A movie depicting a sincere portrait of urban life in Barcelona. The story
moves around six friends whose sentimental lives are masked with hidden
relationships, fear in expressing sentiments, secrets and lies. Mario is a
serious architect married to Sara who keeps a secretive romance with a
colleague. Mario suspects it, but does not dare to speak about it. Irene and
Manu, on the other hand, seem to be a happy couple, but the truth is that
Irene is like a turtle succumbed in its shell and hides her feelings. Sofía
lives alone who fantasizes realities out of her dreams. And finally, Tomás
who also keeps a secret of a passionate adventure with a young girl. The
film boasts of a magnificent script and great performances by its actors
like Eduard Fernández who won two Best Supporting Actor Awards in Goya (the
Spanish Oscars) and in Spanish Actors Union. But the real standout here is
María Pujalte, as a sensitive woman addicted to romance.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita. Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
Saturday, January 13, 2007
CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES
January Cultural Programme
CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free entrance
Iberia
Directed by Carlos Saura
Duration: 99 min.
Production: España, 2005
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: January 13Hora Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Inspired by the suite of Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Carlos Saura's latest work is a documentary that integrates all the elements of a musical in a unique way. This film narrates, by means of dance in multiple forms, the spirit of the performing artists. Featuring Spain's flamenco superstars, Sara Baras, Aída Gómez and Antonio Canales, among others.
Winner of the Goya Award for Best Cinematography.
Elsa y Fred
Directed by Marcos Carnevale
Duration: 106 min.
Production: España, 2005
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: January 20
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Elsa is 82 years-old and for the past 60 years she's dreamt of starring in the scene of Fellini's La Dolce Vita at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it but Elsa instead.
Alfredo is a bit younger than Elsa and was always a good man who did everything he was supposed to do. After losing his wife, he feels confused and his daughter decides that it would be best if he moved into a smaller apartment where he will meet Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live - be it more or less - is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases.
Solas
Directed by Benito Zambrano
Duration: 101 min.
Production: España, 1999
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: January 27
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Film honored with five Goya Awards.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita. Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free entrance
Iberia
Directed by Carlos Saura
Duration: 99 min.
Production: España, 2005
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: January 13Hora Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Inspired by the suite of Isaac Albéniz Iberia, Carlos Saura's latest work is a documentary that integrates all the elements of a musical in a unique way. This film narrates, by means of dance in multiple forms, the spirit of the performing artists. Featuring Spain's flamenco superstars, Sara Baras, Aída Gómez and Antonio Canales, among others.
Winner of the Goya Award for Best Cinematography.
Elsa y Fred
Directed by Marcos Carnevale
Duration: 106 min.
Production: España, 2005
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: January 20
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Elsa is 82 years-old and for the past 60 years she's dreamt of starring in the scene of Fellini's La Dolce Vita at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it but Elsa instead.
Alfredo is a bit younger than Elsa and was always a good man who did everything he was supposed to do. After losing his wife, he feels confused and his daughter decides that it would be best if he moved into a smaller apartment where he will meet Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live - be it more or less - is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases.
Solas
Directed by Benito Zambrano
Duration: 101 min.
Production: España, 1999
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Date: January 27
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Film honored with five Goya Awards.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita. Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
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